Contra los que dejan los metros castellanos y siguen los italianos

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…introduced by his contemporaries, writing Contra los que dejan los metros castellanos y siguen los italianos (c. 1540; “Against Those Who Abandon Castilian Metres for Italian Ones”) in rhymed couplets. He championed the superiority of the traditional Spanish metre. He is also known for his erotic poetry, Sermón de amores…